Drum taken to wrong facility in Sellafield transport mix-up
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 18 Oct, 06:08 · Archive
A drum was transported to the wrong facility in a mix-up at the Sellafield nuclear site on 27 February.
A drum was taken to the wrong facility following a transport mix-up at Sellafield on 27 February, an incident report updated on 8 October has revealed. A Sellafield Ltd driver transported a clamp seal drum within an internal containment system from the nuclear site to an off-site National Nuclear Laboratory facility.
When the driver arrived at the off-site facility, they contacted the National Nuclear Laboratory to confirm receipt of the consignment, as required by transport instructions. It was then discovered that the drum should instead have been delivered to an NNL facility within the Sellafield site itself.
The consignment was reloaded onto the vehicle and returned to Sellafield, where it was secured at the correct facility. Sellafield Ltd said: 'There is no risk to the general public, or the environment and our regulators have been informed.' The company classified the incident as Level 1 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, rating it as an 'Anomaly' due to 'procedural inadequacies with significant defence in depth remaining'.
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- Drum taken to wrong facility in Sellafield transport mix-up, report revealsA drum was taken to the wrong facility following a transport mix-up at Sellafield, an incident report updated on October 8 has revealed.Cumberland News · 18 Oct, 05:00
- Drum taken to wrong facility in Sellafield transport mix-up, report revealsA drum was taken to the wrong facility following a transport mix-up at Sellafield, an incident report updated on October 8 has revealed.Whitehaven News · 18 Oct, 05:00
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